Page 8 - Zone Magazine Issue 021

producerspotlight producerspotlight
__________________________________________________________________________________
Tell us about Joe Cocolucci?
Under ground rave DJ since 87 playing Acid house, Hardcore, Jungle Techno, DnB and then house, dragged up in the midlands played a lot of raves under various names including Sonic, the Murder squad and Joe C then and eventually to Joe Cocolucci held many residencies in various towns and cities including Shrewsbury Birmingham, Telford, Cardiff, Bangor and London, Paris & Alicante. Played approx. 150 clubs worldwide and a bucket load of free parties and raves. Biggest gig 7,000 Residencies included: Miss Moneypenny’s, Ministry Bar, UK Midlands, Pure, Butter market, Transition, Technomania, Fantasia, Pacha, Mr B’s, Wake Stock, Mars Bar, Sensation, Chill, DIY, Southern exposure, essence & squeeze. Oh a couple of pirate radio stations. My favorite gigs played include Future Funk, essence, Pure, Mezzanine and DC10. I retired from Jocking 8 years ago due to injury but getting back on the scene this summer via productions.
Who are your influences?
DJ’s that influenced and inspired were Fabio, Sasha, Roger Sanchez, Norman J and Masters at Work. Some of the Producers that influenced my productions include Marshall Jefferson, Joey Negro, , Nile Rogers, DJ Sneak, Daft Punk, Larry Heard and more recently Disclosure.
Studio gear list....
3.2GB 12 core Mac Pro with 64 Gig of ram, MacBook Pro 2.8 16Gb ram, Apogee one, CME xKey, iPad pro, Logic 10, Waves complete plus a ton of plugin synths etc, Mackie Controller, Prism Sound Orpheus, S Phone head phone amp, CME M-key, Focusrite ISA 428, SE Gemini 2, SE 4400a, SE Titan, D112 plus a few more industry standard instrument mics, Monitors: Event Opals, Sonodyne SRP 400s , Yamaha MSP3s and Adam A5’s and Adam 10 Sub.
others were one of the 5. Ill hopefully be releasing my own new offerings this year.
Describe your style and what sound you prefer to produce?
I tend to write house, progressive house and Tech house but I like to mix it up so class my self as a EDM producer. I’m liking some main steam Techno at the moment so watch this
space! Friend me Joe C Sims or Joe Cocolucci on Facebook for free downloads etc. I’m now also a mastering engineer so if you need it mixing and mastering drop me a message.
what do you think is the best
musically produced dance track of
all time?
Can you feel it Mr. fingers and Bizarre Inc playing with knifes never left my box so for me its defiantly one of those, but what a question I love hundreds of tunes!
Your stranded on a desert island forever, what 5 tunes do you bring?
Sandy B - Make the world go round
Moloko - Sing it Back
Disclosure - Latch feat. Sam Smith
Where love lies - Alison Lymerik
Love can’t turn around - Farley Jackmaster funk Fankie knuckles/Jamie principle - Your love
I know there’s six Id smuggle one aboard, just to be a pirate.
What do you think of the state of
dance music at the moment, and its
future?
Dance music is amazing at the moment the diversity and the quality is great especial from the European countries, British House, DnB and Techno producers are still leading the way and those genre’s will live for ever I’m sure..
What are your thoughts on the resent passing of Avici?
Of course I’m gutted at the loss of Avici, very talented producer and a massive name on the commercial scene, he fought demon’s lived hard and died young, it could happen to anyone living the super star life style I suppose, at least he made it, and he will never be forgotten just like his music, I’m sure.
Connect:
https://soundcloud.com/joe-cocolucci-976729872
Words By Paul Newhouse Pic By Dilwyn Griffiths
Favorite gear and why?
Both Macs and my Prism Sound Orpheus best pre’s I’ve heard, fantastic clarity and head room for detailed mixing, Sonodyne SRP 400s Monitors are best I’ve used for small space mixing and mastering.
Advise for budding producers....
Keep it in the box, no noise from wires or input..
I’ve had and sold many pieces of hardware including Nord, Juno, Roland and Orbit modules/synths and many other synths, software synths are now brilliant just like all the other plugins out there after all what is a synth but a sound module with a processor ram rom and a keyboard, sound familiar? I’ve spent many years playing with kit and plugins searching for sounds and new techniques, waist of time! A producer can make a tune with a laptop a pair of earphones and a few plugins so just produce and don’t waste your time, life is way to short. Its not about making money its about making music that makes people dance and feel good, if your lucky enough to become rich and famous then that’s great but if you don’t your music will still live for ever. Write until you fall asleep 47 hours in a studio seems like 6 if it’s a tune You love! I mainly produced bootleg whites about 30 and played at my gigs, sold some for silly money I’d love to tell you which ones but I don’t want to go to prison, lets just say some were shady and
08 ZONE-MAGAZINE.COM